Specially built wood horn known as holztrompete sounds at Met Opera in Wagner's `Tristan und Isolde'

A new Met Opera production of "Tristan und Isolde" uses Wagner's rare wooden horn, the holztrompete, for a key offstage ...
Chicago Sun-Times

A great trumpet is 'a thing of beauty, an extension of you'

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The Southern Illinoisan

SIU ensembles aim to make noise at ‘pinnacle in the trumpet world’

CARBONDALE — Two Southern Illinois University Carbondale School of Music trumpet ensembles are working to hit their stride and make history along the way. The six-member groups will compete March ...
The Southern Illinoisan

SIU trumpet ensemble looks to make noise in national competition

CARBONDALE — For a second straight year, Southern Illinois University Carbondale’s School of Music will vie for a title in the small ensemble division of the collegiate National Trumpet Competition.
Chicago Reader

Disguising the sound of trumpet

Both of the recordings I’ve heard by Argentinean trumpeter Leonel Kaplan have found him in the company of other trumpeters, an unusual context even for a guy, like collaborators Axel Dörner (Berlin) ...